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Term Papers on English
The Sun Also Rises 3
Number of words: 510 - Number of pages: 2.... idea that Jake is unconditionally devoted to Brett,
and her happiness.
The introduction was a very strange one. It was not as if Jake
went out of his way for it to happen. It was much more the will
of Brett. She raved on and on about Romero and insisted to Jake
that they go and find him. Jake did not fight her on this issue,
but he certainly did not provoke it. Jake was more of a stooge
for Brett. She would have had her way even if Jake had not
helped her. She uses her feminine charm, and there is, little
that Jake can say. At one point she .....
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Peer Pressure In The Osage Ora
Number of words: 442 - Number of pages: 2.... She was avoided by the others because she was different. "She was standing near the corner looking everywhere but at the crowd" (369). The narrator himself said, "I might talk to her, I thought. But of course it was out of the question" (371). The author didn't talk to her at school but he would at the tree. "The next day at school I didn't ask whether her father wanted to take the paper"(370). He was afraid to be seen with her. The narrator asked himself, "could anyone in the house have been watching. I looked back once"(370). Peer pressure prevented th .....
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The Iliad
Number of words: 1554 - Number of pages: 6.... goddess of wisdom; on
the Achaian side
Ares son of Zeus; god of prophecy, light, poetry,
and music; on the Trojans' side
Zeus supreme god and king of Olympos
Poseidon younger brother of Zeus; god of sea
Chryseis and Briseis who were captured during a raid in Troy are awarded
as ‘war prizes' to Agamemnon and Achilles. Chryseis for Agamemnon and Briseis
for Achilles. Chryseis is the daughter of Chryses which prays Apollo to help
get back his .....
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Shakespeare - Comedy
Number of words: 2325 - Number of pages: 9.... During this time the young people spend the night in the woods to celebrate. Shakespeare uses the greenworld pattern in this play. The play begins in the city, moves out to the country and then back to the city. Being in the country makes things better because there is tranquility, freedom and people can become uncivilized versus when they are in the city and have to follow customs and laws and behave rationally.
Comedies contain blocking figures and in this play it is Egeus. If he was not in the way, Hermia could marry Lysander. Since he is causing problems .....
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Dimmesdale S Humble Morality
Number of words: 962 - Number of pages: 4.... (188)." Even at the end of the novel, when finally attempting to confess, people are compelled by his final sermon, raving that "never had a man spoken in so wise, so high, and so holy a spirit, as he that spake this day (p.243)." These facts proved that he was a very loved and influential man in the small town. Hawthorne later portrays him as somewhat of a hypocrite. His outward appearance deceives the villagers, appearing to be a completely holy man. However, before the action of the novel begins, he falls into sin, by committing adultery with Hester Pry .....
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The Awakening 4
Number of words: 718 - Number of pages: 3.... Chopin illustrates the idea by telling the reader, "...Mrs. Pontellier was not a mother-woman" (689). Edna tries to explain to Adele how she feels about her children and how she feels about herself, which greatly differs from the mother-woman image. She says, "I would give up the unessential; I would give my money; I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself. I can't make it more clear; it's only something I am beginning to comprehend, which is revealing itself to me" (720).
Similarly to Edna's relationship with her children is that with h .....
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The Of Marlowes Excessive Drin
Number of words: 853 - Number of pages: 4.... investigator sometimes turns stressful and alcohol helps him relax and get his mind off the job. Dealing with people and criminals constantly through out the day on the job can be stressful. Besides the fact that he must deal with Carmen’s craziness, as the author describes her to be. Marlowe at one moment states “I went to bed full of whiskey and frustration.” This shows us that he drinks to help deal with the frustration he goes through and whiskey helps him.
Often times Marlowe drinks while working. Usually when socializing with someone. In .....
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Ernest Hemingway
Number of words: 2997 - Number of pages: 11.... of the birds and the smell of flowers. Her children were expected to behave properly and to please her, always.
Mrs. Hemingway treated Ernest, when he was a small boy, as if he were a female baby doll and she dressed him accordingly. This arrangement was alright until Ernest got to the age when he wanted to be a "gun-toting Pawnee Bill". He began, at that time, to pull away from his mother, and never forgave her for his humiliation.
The town of Oak Park, where Ernest grew up, was very old fashioned and quite religious. The townspeople forbad the word .....
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